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Subject: Re: I knew all that flashy bling was a bad idea...
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 01:00:02 -0000 (UTC)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:19 this Monday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You know how all the 'high-end' gaming hardware (RAM, motherboards,
>> GPUs, fans, etc.) now includes LEDs? Maybe it wasn't such a good
>> idea... and not just because it's ugly and distracting.
>
>> It turns out, some gamers are reporting that their GPUs are getting
>> melted/burnt because of the LEDs in their RAM sticks. Cheap LEDs emit
>> UV light, and this can leave scorch marks on some plastics...
>> including the backplates of GPUs. 
>
>> Oops.
>
>> And I'm sure all that UV does great things to people too.
>
>> There's no real information on how common the problem is, or how long
>> it took before the plastic got scorched or, really, any specifics.
>> Still, it's another reason to not bling out your PC.
>
>
>
>> (It's not really related, but modern GPUs are getting burdensomely
>> heavy and large too... so much so that the PCIE slots on motherboards
>> are having problems supporting that weight. There are reports of the
>> slots getting pulled off their traces on the motherboard because of
>> the weight. My GPU came with a little adjustable 'brace' meant to be
>> placed between GPU and chassis to help hold the massive thing up. I'd
>> say that sensible component design seems to be a thing of the past...
>> except then I remember 'hard-cards' (hard-drives mounted on ISA cards)
>> from the AT/XT era and realize we never had sensible component
>> designs. ;-)
>
>
>
>> * read here:
>> https://www.lowyat.net/2024/320127/ram-rbg-led-burn-in-gpu-backplate/
> I never cared about those pretty lights on my PC stuff. The only lights 
> are the blinking drive lights, laser under the optical mouses, and power 
> lights. :P


Info lights are cool. Flashy RGB lights are... fine.. sometimes.
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